Have you been on safari in Kenya or Tanzania? Or maybe you dream of seeing the big 5 on an African safari? We have visited both Kenya and Tanzania, but so far we haven't done a safari trip. African safaris are high on our bucket list, and here are some of the places we would like to visit.
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Updated: October 2026 | Kenyan food is rustic, filling and varied, with everything from ugali and vegetables to grilled meats, spicy rice dishes and deep-fried treats. We have travelled to Kenya twice and during our second trip we stayed with Kenyan friends, which gave us the opportunity to get really close to everyday Kenyan food. Here we go through what people eat in Kenya – and list 25 classic Kenyan dishes and specialties to look out for.
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Updated: October 2026 | After a traditional Kenyan wedding, we traveled with some of our Kenyan friends and their relatives from Nairobi to Rangala in western Kenya. Our friend Rose had grown up there and her mother still lived there. It was a long drive with road construction, bananas, live chickens and grilled goat intestines – and a few days on a green and well-kept farm without electricity or running water.
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Updated: October 2026 | What is it like to go to a wedding in Kenya? During a trip in 2012, we were invited to a wedding in our Kenyan friend Rose's large family circle. We were told that it would be a fairly small wedding – with only about 400 guests. For us, it was of course huge. It was a fantastic day with dancing in the church, colorful clothes, music, joy and a big party outdoors.
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Updated: October 2026 | When we returned to Kenya in 2012, we did so under completely different circumstances than the first time. Now we were staying with Kenyan friends and had Nairobi as our base before and after a traditional wedding in the countryside. It gave us a different view of the capital – with traffic chaos, everyday life, parties, cultural clashes and great contrasts.
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Updated: October 2026 | When we booked a trip to Kenya over Christmas and New Year 2007, we hadn't even noticed that there would be a presidential election. A few days later we were stuck in a small guesthouse in Mombasa while the violence escalated outside. Finally we realized that we had to try to get out of the country. This is the story of our most dramatic trip.
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